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A solid, complex-enough Football game. Full 100-yard field, but it seems a bit narrow.

Graphics: 3 Sound: 3 Replay Value: 4 Notes: 2-player game Screen Shots

NFL Football is one meaty game. Although you can't run any trick plays, like flea-flickers, etc., this game is fun. The only complaint I have with NFL Football is that it's really a full, 60-minute game! It's clear that this must have been a common complaint, since later games, like NBA Basketball, NHL Hockey, and NASL Soccer all run on an accelerated clock. Although, I guess that with play calling, you do benefit from a slower clock. Still, Super Pro Football used the faster clock. The only improvement I'd have made to the graphics would have been to have the football be a small brown football-shaped graphic, as it is in Sharp Shot.

A total of eleven NFL Football box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0910	1979	U.S.A.	Plastic tray; part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; refers to Keyboard Component on cover; FOR COLOR T.V. VIEWING ONLY text in lower left corner of artwork
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0910	1979	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; refers to Keyboard Component on cover
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0910-G1	1979	U.S.A.	Plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0910-G1	1979	U.S.A.	Trayless pocket; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0910-G1	1979	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	2610-0910	1979	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom; refers to Keyboard Component on cover; has sticker on bottom indicating overlays and catalog printed in U.S.A.
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0510	1979	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontano, Canada (yes, Ontano) on sticker on back
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0810	1979	Hong Kong	International English Edition; no NFL logo; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. on bottom on Lifestyle Electroncs sticker
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	2610-0410	1979	Hong Kong	NEED CONFIRMATION; International Edition; no NFL logo; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. on bottom
	Intellivision Inc.	2610	1979	U.S.A.	Standard Intellivision, Inc. box
	Sears	3858-0910	1978	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; blue game title on top and back

A total of fourteen NFL Football manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0920(A)	1979	U.S.A.	Full color; is there earlier an revision?
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0920(C)	1979	Hong Kong	Yellow color theme
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0920-G1	1979	U.S.A.	Yellow color theme
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0920-G1	1979	Hong Kong	Yellow color theme
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0720	1979	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; yellow artwork
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0720	1979	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; blue artwork
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0820-G2	1979	Hong Kong	International English edition; refers to game as AMERICAN FOOTBALL; yellow color theme; note the different artwork showing multiple players rather than the single receiver about to catch the ball; image contributed by Hankster
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	2610-0820-G2	1979	Hong Kong	International English edition; refers to game as AMERICAN FOOTBALL; blue and black artwork; note the different artwork showing multiple players rather than the single receiver about to catch the ball; need confirmation of part number
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	2610	1979	Mexico	Spanish (Mexico) version; grayscale manual; localized title: FUTBOL AMERICANO; reported by Rev
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	N/A	1979	Hong Kong	Italian version; yellow and black artwork; title localized as 'Football Americano Prefessionistico'; need part number
	Mattel Electronics	PC-2610-0920	1979	U.S.A.	PlayCable version; yellow color theme; NFL logo removed from cover; playbooks (pink theme) part number PC-2610-0950, U.S.A.
Image not available.	Bandai	????	None		Japanese release by Bandai; need verification of part number, etc.
	Intellivision Inc.	2610-0920-G1	None	U.S.A.	Stapled along top edge
	Sears	3858-0920	1979	Hong Kong	With playbooks

Supplemental Materials

The following supplemental materials have been found for NFL Football.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0950(B)	1979	U.S.A.	NFL Football playbook; full color; are there earler revisions?
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0950(C)	1979	U.S.A.	NFL Football playbook; pink color scheme
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0950(C)	1979	Hong Kong	NFL Football playbook; pink color scheme
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	2610-0950-G1	1979	Hong Kong	NEED CONFIRMATION; NFL Football playbook; pink color scheme; submitted by Hankster
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0750	1979	Hong Kong	French-Canadian football playbooks; pink color scheme
	Mattel Electronics	2610-0850-G1	1979	Hong Kong	Football playbook; NFL logo removed; pink color scheme; submitted by Hankster
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	2610	1979	Mexico	Spanish (Mexico) version; grayscale version; localized title FUTBOL AMERICANO along with LIBRO DE JUEGO; reported by Rev
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	?????	1979	Hong Kong	Italian version of Football playbook; NFL logo removed; pink color scheme; need part number
	Mattel Electronics	PC-2610-0950	1979	U.S.A.	PlayCable version; pink color theme; NFL logo removed from cover; sadly, my PlayCable set only has one of these
Image not available.	Bandai	????	None		Football playbook; Japanese release by Bandai; need verification of part number, etc.
	Intellivision Inc.	2610-0950 C	None	U.S.A.	Playbook; accordion-style folding
	Sears	3858-0950	1979	Hong Kong	Football playbook

Placement of the Trademark symbol next to the Intellivision log on the back cover changed.

There were also some variations of the 'Running Man' and Mattel logo on the back cover.

Some minor changes in the graphics within the manuals exist, as well as the revision of the title "NFL Football" to just "Football" or "Pro Ball" within the manual's descriptive text. The (rev. A) manual also mentions how the game looks on a black and white TV, while the (C) revision does not.

Then, there are the changes to the playbook content. (Incidentally, has a rev. A playbook ever been found?) Between rev. B and rev. C, the descriptions for entering a play on offense were improved, in that you didn't actually have to read and understand all of them at once. The directions were broken down into run, pass, or kick, as illustrated below. What I find especially humorous, though, is that the later revision added a typo! Check out "Choose an ELIGIBLE REEIVER" in the TO PASS section on rev. C!

A total of five NFL Football overlay variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	2610-4289	1979	U.S.A.	Original revision included the NFL logo in the game title
	Mattel Electronics	2610-4289 (A)	1979	U.S.A.	NFL logo removed
	Mattel Electronics	2610-4289 (A)	1979	Hong Kong	NFL logo removed
	Intellivision Inc.	2610-4289 (A)	None		NFL logo and Mattel copyright removed; unlike many others of this ilk, the full part number remained intact
	Phil Boland	49 75201	1979	U.S.A.	Part of the Sears Super Video Arcade Overlay Set (2013)

A total of six NFL Football label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None		No origin; NFL logo and ™ lower left
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None	Hong Kong	Origin upper right; NFL logo and ™ lower left
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None		No origin; no logo - plain FOOTBALL label
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	1979	U.S.A.	Origin lower right; © I.I. 1979 to left of origin; ™ small, centered vertically on right edge; smaller label, rounded corners; submitted by Hankster
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	1982	Korea	Origin lower right; © I.I. 1982 to left of origin; ™ small, centered vertically on right edge; smaller label, rounded corners
	Phil Boland	N/A	None		Part of the Sears Super Video Arcade Overlay Set (2013)

	Title screen for NFL Football.
	The crowd roars as the team runs out onto the field. There aren't all that many sound effects, but they're satisfactory. The centers never move, either. And, it's actually, truely, 60 minutes of grueling gridiron action.

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